Yachats Beach, Oregon

by Aurelia Schanzenbacher

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Yachats Beach, Oregon

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Aurelia Schanzenbacher

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Misty morning at Yachats Beach, Oregon. This central Oregon coast village is mostly made of rocky shelves, but there are 20 miles or so just south of town that alternate between sandy, rocky ledges, a mix of the two and some soaring cliffs. Some of the best beaches for tidepools around the entire Oregon coast exist within Yachats as well as just south of there. Since the vast majority of the town is made of black basalt (where various tidal surprises lurking within), tidepool life can easily outnumber the humans.

There are some tiny pocket beaches within Yachats that sit between some of the rocky areas, which is where some of the best beaches for weird, enormous grains of sand can be found. These are not regular soft sand beaches, but rather curious spots where extremely large, sometimes rather harsh sands sit. They are often fascinating in coloration too.

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January 16th, 2020

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